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The Heraean Games: an unmarried women’s-only Olympic Games
‘The athletes, with their hair hanging freely and dressed in special tunics that cut just above the knee and bared their right shoulder and breast, competed in footraces.’
Surena Chande’s 20 facts about the Paralympics
Did you know that Tokyo is the first city to host the Paralympic Games twice?
How Patrick Savile made Yuto Horigome’s Olympic gold medal-winning skateboard
‘It’s a mad one. I’m so blessed to be involved somehow! But mainly I’m so glad Yuto got it, just because of how humble and deserving he was, and I love how perfect it was for him.’
Why are Olympic swimming pools so fast?
Slight variations in water temperature or pool structure could be the difference between a podium finish or 4th place or missing out on a world record.
Abandoned Olympic venues
What happens to Olympic venues when the games are over?
Mark Wilson on the terrible UX of Olympic broadcasting
It looks like some sports broadcasters won’t be winning any medals for user experience this year.
A Japanese robot that gets 3’s from halfcourt
Shaq is currently taking tips.
Some Olympics data viz
Learn more about new Olympics sports and what everyone’s talking about with these data visualisations.
History Extra on Harry Edward: Britain’s first Black Olympic hero
A Black man born in Germany to German and West Indian parents, winning two Olympic medals for Great Britain? Ain’t nothing changed since 1920.
Shout out to Alice Dearing, the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics
Alice is 1 of only 3 Black British swimmers of any sex or gender to achieve this.
Montreal’s Biodôme was an Olympic velodrome in 1976
It’s literally a concrete jungle (in one section at least).
Canada’s 2020* Olympic closing ceremony outfits are… something
What are thooooose?
When Carlos Valderrama carried the Olympic torch in Windsor
Who better than Carlos Valderrama to carry the Olympic torch on behalf of Colombia in 2012?
Russia doping ban down to 2 years after panel u-turn
Despite the findings against them, Russia has seen its doping ban slashed. But why?